25-year-old Anna from Lublin, Poland is a lawyer by training but tough employment conditions made her think about a different career path. Now she is running her own kindergarten thanks in part to a project for budding women entrepreneurs that is backed by the ESF. Read more ...

Harri runs his own film production company in Finland and has lots of experience in his field. Despite his successes, Harri decided to boost his prospects by taking part in training backed by the European Social Fund.
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Amparo, from Seville in Spain, took training through a European Social Fund-backed project and subsequently managed to land a permanent job. The project formed part of the European Union’s efforts to fight discrimination against the Roma.

At the age of 26, Radmila wanted a new challenge. Having already left a successful modeling career behind her she did not find life as a hotel receptionist fulfilling and set about opening her own little organic café. In order to help get her idea off the ground, she turned to a programme funded by the ESF. Read more ...

Years of working night shifts began to take their toll on Daniel. Thankfully, he was able to get a new position at his company which allowed him to work days – but only after taking part in a training course backed by the ESF. Read more ...

Otilia’s job as a cleaner for a Luxembourg-based telecoms company was made more challenging due to pain from rheumatism and a slipped disc. Thankfully, work became a little easier after she took part in a pain management course backed by the ESF.

Riikka-Leena decided to leave her job to focus on growing her family tourism business. To help maximise her chances of success, she took part in an international project for women entrepreneurs which was backed by the European Social Fund. Read more ...

Work as the key to social integration is the leitmotif of Job&Co - a Flemish organisation in Belgium, which unites the expertise of three social enterprises that promote access to employment. Read more.

The Care Creates Change project in Malta is striving to balance the needs of both people, and the environment they live and work in. Through training and counselling, participants are guided into steady jobs in different areas of waste management and recycling. Read more.

The ‘Sustaining movement’ project set out to find new, bottom-up approaches for cultivating a working environment based around mutual trust, flexibility and the confidence to try out new ideas. Read more.